Morning News: Alibaba has set up a new level of business intelligent interconnection; Tmall International will bring more than 500 overseas brands to the No. 1 Hall of the Consumer Expo; Kuaishou E-commerce revised the "Quick Distribution Settlement Rules" and will take effect on July 27; Apptopia: Shein downloads in the United States in the first half of 2022 surpass Amazon to rank first; SHOPLINE app store lists 99DIY apps...
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1. Alibaba has set up a new level of business intelligent interconnection
July 20th news, today, Alibaba held the 2022 Tmall Elf Ecological Partner Conference. At the meeting, Tmall Genie announced that after three years of open services, the intelligent interactive system AliGenie has connected to 40 million home users, 1,000 IoT platforms and 460 million terminals. According to reports, AliGenie has successively brought a dialogue-based artificial intelligence experience through Tmall Genie, consumer appliances, smart car machines, whole-house customization and other forms. After three years of open services, AliGenie has exceeded 15% in 22 industry categories since the Tmall Genie Smart Speaker X1, and has accompanied more than 1,600 brands. In self-operated terminal applications, AliGenie has more than 8 billion monthly interactions. (E-commerce News)
2. Tmall International will bring more than 500 overseas brands to Hall 1 of the Consumer Expo
July 20th news, on July 26th, the second China International Consumer Products Expo will be held in Haikou, Hainan, and the imported retail platform Tmall International will participate in the exhibition again. At this year's Consumer Expo, Tmall International will bring more than 500 overseas brands to Hall 1 of Consumer Expo, and will jointly exhibit the world's first imported new products and limited edition products. According to reports, in the past year, on average, more than 400 new overseas brands have entered Tmall International every month. Up to now, more than 29,000 overseas brands from 87 countries and regions around the world have settled in Tmall International, covering more than 5,800 categories, of which more than 80% of brands have entered China for the first time. (E-commerce News)
3. Kuaishou E-commerce revised the "Quick Distribution Settlement Rules" and will take effect on July 27
On July 20, Kuaishou E-commerce issued an announcement on the revision of the "Quick Distribution Settlement Rules", which mainly regulates the qualifications of fast distribution promoters and requires promoters to bind settlement account information and promoters to be consistent with the promotion's main certification information. At the same time, fast distribution promoters can apply for invoices from the platform for the promotion service fees charged by the platform. The rules will come into effect on July 27, 2022. (E-commerce News)
4. Meituan Maicai launched the new function of "Order Additional Products"
According to July 20, recently, in order to meet consumers' temporary new purchase needs in the pre-order scenario, Meituan Maicai launched the "Order Additional Products" function. As long as the delivery information is consistent, it can be delivered with the original order without additional delivery costs. At present, this function has been applied in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Shenzhen and Wuhan. According to the website manager of Meituan Maicai Shanghai Songhuajiang Road Station, the number of ice products at the site has surged recently, and consumers often see ice cups or ice cubes in their pre-orders for purchasing beverages and alcohol. (E-commerce News)
5. JD Supermarket releases the "2022 JD Supermarket Mineral Water Consumption Trend Report"
On July 20, today, JD Supermarket held an online media communication meeting for the Water Drinking Festival. The China Mining Federation Natural Mineral Water Professional Committee and representatives of brands from the top ten drinking water sources attended the meeting. JD Supermarket has also released five major support measures for mineral water, helping the rapid development of mineral water brands from five aspects: brand co-construction, technical cooperation, precise marketing, product planning and market expansion. (E-commerce News)
Internet news
6. Support message notification banner when WeChat is opened
July 20th news, today, the iOS WeChat client has updated two small functions. The first is the message banner function. When the user browses other content, the friend messages received will be pushed in the form of a banner. Click to view the message content and reply directly. It should be noted that the current function is currently turned off by default, and it needs to be manually turned on in "Settings - Message Notifications - Message Notification Banner". Another feature is that WeChat supports full-screen input. Press and hold the input box to also select "Full Screen Input" in the secondary menu to open the full screen input interface. (E-commerce News)
7. Tuniu: Since July, the number of parent-child travel reservation orders increased by 51% compared with the same period in June.
According to the news on July 21, Tuniu's latest booking and travel data shows that since July, the number of parent-child travel booking orders has increased by 51% compared with the same period in June, and the number of tourists has increased by 53% compared with the same period in June. As of July 20, Tuniu's parent-child travel reservation orders accounted for more than 30% of the total orders in July. Among them, the proportion of orders with travel itineraries of 7 days or more is 31%, and the proportion of long-term travel orders is 49%, which is different from the market characteristics that dominate local tours and surrounding tours in the first half of this year. Travel methods are also showing a more diversified trend. Among Tuniu's summer parent-child travel package products, booking orders for group tours, self-driving tours and self-guided tours account for 30%, 29% and 24% respectively. (E-commerce News)
Cross-border information
8. Philippine e-commerce service provider Etaily reaches cooperation with TikTok Shop
On July 20, Philippine e-commerce service provider Etaily announced that it had reached a cooperation with TikTok Shop to become an authorized partner of TikTok Shop. Etaily will take advantage of this cooperation opportunity to help Philippine retail companies seize the opportunity of TikTok Shop user growth. Etaily will help its brand partners build the TikTok Shop channel and provide e-commerce solutions including community management, video production, live streaming, collaboration with content creators, store management, and warehousing fulfillment. Through cooperation, Etaily can also cover the fulfillment and logistics of TikTok Shop, and provide a support ecosystem for brands through integration with the TikTok Shop backend. (E-commerce News)
9. Apptopia: Shein downloads in the United States surpass Amazon in the first half of 2022
On July 20, the latest report from mobile data platform Apptopia shows that in the first half of 2022, Shein successfully surpassed Amazon to become the most downloaded shopping application in the United States. According to statistics, in the first half of 2022, Shein's download volume in the United States reached 22.4 million, ranking first. Although the gap between Shein and Amazon is small, it is an explosive growth for a multinational company that has been established for just 10 years. (E-commerce News)
10. SHOPLINE App Store Listed 99DIY Apps
July 20th news, today, the SHOPLINE app store launched the 99DIY app, helping merchants quickly enter POD and sell personalized products. POD's business model is to provide a variety of personalized customized products, no warehousing and logistics pressure, zero cost and low risk, which meets the needs of many new merchants. According to MarketResearch statistics, the global POD market size will reach about US$10.8 billion by 2026. (E-commerce News)
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